Hark

The study of great quotations is worth more than a college education.

~ Vikrant Parsai

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I like to listen.  I like to listen and hear what I want to hear.  Seriously, though - don't we all?  Don't pretend you like to hear what you don't want to hear.

More than just hearing what I want to hear, I sometimes hear things that I think might come in useful later on.  Sometimes it is in the words of another person...  Sometimes it is in the words I think to myself when I am listening to another person.

Here is one example:

Jerry:  The process is a tad cumbersome.

Me:  (thinking to myself)  I went to high school with Tad Cumbersome.

Now you will be wondering - when we talk - "Is Michelle listening to me?  Or is she listening to the voices in her own head?"

The truth is this:  Yes.